Laetare Sunday This Sunday, called Laetare from the first word of the introit, invites us to leave aside somewhat our Lenten mourning and hand our hearts over to rejoicing. What is the cause of our joy? We are going up to the House of…

Third Sunday of Lent There was a time when it was fashionable for certain intellectuals to launch against Christianity the scornful epithet of being a woman’s religion, a religion without guts. Frederich Nietzsche, in particular, made it one of his great battle cries, pretending…

March 2026 (5-7 March) Our Blessed Lord revealed to St Gertrude that reading and meditating His Sacred Passion is far more useful and efficacious than all other spiritual exercises. Just as those who handle flour cannot avoid contracting some whiteness, so no one, however…

Second Sunday of Lent Today’s oration bears witness to that realism so characteristic of the ancient Roman liturgy: O God, who seest that we are wholly destitute of strength, keep us both inwardly and outwardly; that we may be defended in body from all…

First Sunday of Lent The season of Lent is essentially a time of purification. Purification from sin. A purification that includes the strong resolve to avoid sin in the future. This is the reason for today’s Gospel in which we see Our Blessed Lord…

Quinquagesima Sunday On this final Sunday before the beginning of Lent, Holy Mother Church issues the third clarion call. We have been warned of the arduous task ahead, of the steep mountain we must climb, of the narrowness of the path and the tribulations…

Sexagesima Sunday This Sunday brings us a second clarion call at the approach of Lent. Last week, the appearance of the violet vestments, the silencing of the paschal song of victory and the parable of the vineyard were all intended to wake us up…

5-7 February 2026 With this month’s triduum we have entered into the pre-Lent period of preparation called Septuagesima. Our Holy Mother the Church, by means of this time, wants to prepare us for the many graces the Lord wishes to give us during Lent….

Septuagesima Sunday Septuagesima Sunday is one of those focal points of the liturgical year that it is essential to get right. The Church does nothing ex abrupto. She does not parachute her children into Lent without preparation. Septuagesima serves the purposes of getting us…